I’d like to see a flat tax on every dollar above minimum wage.
Easy. Simple.
ugh
even the poorest pay sales taxes
So would I. We have to get away from a society where half the people don’t pay any tax and the tax burden is shifted almost entirely to the “rich”. If Kaine is saying every single person must pay at least XX% of their income in tax no matter what their income level, I’m all for it.
Is Kaine saying we should make the “no tax” crowd pay some tax?
Cut the damned government already!!
Mr. Allen please pick up the white courtesy phone.
Your campaign commerical has been made for you.
I get what he was saying, and he was trying to sound moderate, i.e. making some of the 47% pay something.
But this is going to kill him. LOL!
He’s probably really thinking about extending the AMT down into the rest of the middle class.
i tend to agree...
I don’t believe Kaine. His big left eyebrow, probably raised 3 inches when he said this. That is known as a “Tell” to serious poker players. The “Tell” lets us know that the person just lied and is bluffing!
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Romney Locks Up 53% of the Vote (We are the 53%)
Pajamas Media ^ | 09/20/2012
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:42:59 AM by SeekAndFind
Mitt Romney recently said that 47% of the population pay no taxes while still receiving government benefits. This likely alienated the 47%, who Romney rightly noted are mostly voting for Obama. But it thrilled the 53% who do pay taxes. Because that 53% are sick and tired of moochers calling the shots.
It's always "how can we increase spending and yet make everyone happy at the same time".
The Left on twitter is losing it over this!
Didn’t Michelle Bachmann say that during the debates awhile back?
Methinks one SHOULD be able to live here without taxes. In the home of liberty and freedom, the option of freedom from taxation should be possible.
Income tax? No income, no tax.
Property tax? That’s not a tax, that’s _rent_; if you own your real estate, you should OWN it - meaning you keep it regardless of whether you pay protection money for it.
Sales tax? Staple foods, and comparable other raw materials, should not be taxed.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not favoring the “47%”; they’re working a broken system.
No refundable tax credits.
No welfare, save for true “through the cracks” cases.
No subsidies.
Eliminate enough waste of tax revenue, eliminate enough “redistribution”, stop playing “world police”, and the need for taxes at all nearly evaporates.
Recognize that basic existence should not have to pay tribute money for continuation thereof; if you’re functioning at the bottom 5% of incomes, own what you own outright (no “protection money”), and really take care of your own square foot, the government should leave you the heck alone.
Life should be tax-free.
If anything gets taxed, it should be what really are luxuries.
The solution is not more taxes from more people, but cutting government spending at all levels.
Eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit for starters.
Otherwise any talk about a minimum tax level for everyone is meanigless.
Remember when Obama was babbling about everyone having “skin in the ganme”?
Of course he didn’t really nmean it but it is a concept that should be implemented.
People who have nothing invented in the federal government will always be in favor of more spending - after all, it’s not their money being given away or wasted.
The Eyebrow is channeling his inner Walter Mondale.